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Harriet Tubman

Born into slavery on a plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland around 1822 under the name of Araminta (Minty) Ross, Harriet Tubman escaped via the Underground Railroad when she was 27 years old. Shortly thereafter she began guiding other escaped slaves north to Canada, including several members of her own family in Maryland. Using St. Catharines, Ontario (near the U.S. border) as her base of operations, Tubman personally conducted 70 slaves to freedom and indirectly helped free 70 others, risking her life on many occasions. As a dedicated leader in the abolitionist struggle — a field generally dominated by men —Tubman served in the Union Army as cook, nurse and spy during the America Civil War.  In her later years, Tubman turned her attention to the rights of women.  She died in Auburn, New York in 1913.

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We travelled across Canada with stops in the cities listed below. Thank you to everyone who shared their ideas with us during our kiosk activities and our roundtable discussions.

Province City Date Venue
British Columbia Vancouver November 9 Vancouver Public Library
British Columbia Vancouver November 10 Vancouver Flea Market
Newfoundland St. John's November 20 Memorial University of Newfoundland
Newfoundland St. John's November 20 Centre scolaire et communautaire des Grands-Vents
Nova Scotia Halifax November 21 Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Nova Scotia Halifax November 22 Halifax Stanfield International Airport
New Brunswick Fredericton November 23 Crowne Plaza Fredericton Lord Beaverbrook Hotel
Alberta Edmonton December 4 Prince of Wales Armouries
Alberta Edmonton December 5 University of Alberta
Ontario Toronto December 11 Toronto Reference Library
Ontario Toronto December 12 Centennial College
Saskatchewan Saskatoon January 15 Radisson Hotel Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Saskatoon January 16 The Mall at Lawson Heights
Quebec Montréal January 24 Promenades Cathédrale
Quebec Montréal January 24 Salon Cartier 1, Centre Mont-Royal
Quebec Gatineau January 31 Canadian Museum of Civilization